I tried to use R for a project, and I found the small size of the community and available documentation to be frustrating. In addition, R suffers from the "curs

I tried to use R for a project, and I found the small size of the community and available documentation to be frustrating. In addition, R suffers from the "curse of C" , where it is near impossible to google for help on a language with a one-letter name. Though, perhaps I just managed to miss that particular mailing list in my search for R materials. In contrast, Matlab has excellent resources available for the beginner.